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This time, its the Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gaddafi. Whenever Gaddafi speaks, I usually prepare myself for the absurdity that will surely ensue. Most of the time, I can’t tell if he’s purposely being ridiculous and secretly testing how many idiots will agree with him, or he’s just outright inane. This ’07 video however is proof that he’s got a great sense of humor, because I am sure he’s not serious.

14 Responses to “More Hilarity from Arab Leaders”

Quite frankly, the only thing I remember that Al Qaḏḏäfï said that actually made sence (but was so elementary anyone would agree with it) was that the Südänese should be thankful that they have the Nile.

Al Qaḏḏäfï says a lot of wierd stuff; very, very wierd stuff sometimes. Sadly here, he got the concept down but went off on a tangent concerning the specifics.

He was basically describing the modern relationship between the colonizer and colonized under neo-imperialism: The colonizer buys crude materials from the colonized, process them into something usable or more sophisticated, only to sell it back to the colonized at a signifficantly higher price tag. Wether or not he knew that, I can only speculate.

It just goes to show: You need not be very intelligent to be very charismatic. There is something that he, Bush, Al Başïr, and many others share. They are terrible leaders, but dog gone it, they are entertaining! Of course there is the whole “economic meltdown” and “destructive war” thing that’ll make you cry at the same time as well.

Eḏ-Tränslëtorälus– Gaddafi is a huge fun of political bullshit and conspiracy theories. I do completely agree with you that he’s showing hints of understanding the colonialism exploitation concept, but sadly “Coca-Cola” is a horrible example of this, for many many reasons.

Eu- You seem to view Gaddafi as a volcano waiting to errupt. Considering that Gaddafi relatively “tamed down” his wildways, do you still view him as a threat?

This is completely off topic– I once heard a Sudanese saying that goes something like “al i*3terab fi Libya wal Yemen daya3 Zaman.” Does anybody know anything about what’s it like to be a Sudanese living in Libya? What’s it like in general to live there? And what are the living standards of the Sudanese diaspora in Libya?

Not tempting fate and thanking Providence a million times over – I’d go just about anywhere else!

That having been said there are loads of Sudanese people there and last year there was a massive ‘voluntary’ repatriation scheme.

I know for a fact that the huge Egyptian community there had problems, and the Bulgarian doctor of Palestinian origin (who was granted Bulgarian citizenship when he was released) who was imprisoned with the Bulgarian nurses and accused of infecting Libyan children with HIV was disparaging in his description of what it means to be an expatriot in Libya.

So I guess it’s a famous Sudanese saying, eh? I would love to get in touch with a Sudanese person living there– it would be interesting to see if they are attached to Libya or not. A lot of Sudanese people who grow up in the Gulf for example have no complaints and consider it their home. I wonder if Libya allows expats to ever get that sense of belonging or even hints of allegiance to Libya.

To put it in Layman’s terms, I wonder what it is exactly about Libya that makes it such a POS country for foreigners?

In some Gulf countries expatriots – particularly those not holding ‘western’ passports, are treated like chattel with their employers retaining their passports ‘on trust’ and having the power to revoke their visa and have them out of the country in 24 hours.

That ‘technicality’ is unique amongst the many nations of our Earth to the biggest Gulf country, and I doubt if it creates any sort of attachment…

And Mr Alrashid of Asharqalawsat was criticising the UAE for its treatment of its South Asian workforce!!! x D

Do you think westerners are treated differntly by default or because their governments command that they be treated fairly and always intervene in such cases (e.g Gibbons, the American kid in Singapore, etc…)

LIMH (laughin in my head) at the American kid in Singapore who got caned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! x D

And by the way he did get caned 4 times (two were waived after US pressure)!

Respect to Singapore – not for caning (OUCH!) but for 1) having a system and
2) having a system it could/can defend
with a constitution, the separation of powers and the mystical *rule of law* – no exceptions for anyone!!!

The Gibbons case is a different ball game.
I think the person who should have been in the dock is the Sudanese Coptic senior administrator
1) For obviously not orienteering the staff well enough
and for
2) Allowing the situation to occur / snowball

You know that it was a Sudanese secretary with taddle tale tendencies who had issues with the school and went to the Ministry of Education with a complaint before discussing it with the school management?

And of course the controversy was ripe for politically expedient picking and the anti-west populists in the government got excited and the rest is history.

I do not believe that Gillian Gibbons intended to insult anyone.

On her return to the UK she only had the kindest words to say about Sudan and the Sudanese in spite of the media disbelief and pressure.

The Gibbons fiasco put Sudan in a negative light – as if we needed any more bad publicity.

However the case of the Egyptian Doctors is worrying and in its own league.

750 LASHES?!?!?!?!

Why westerners are treated this way is due to: 3ugdat alkhawaaja – the inferiority complex that everything white and western is holy, and
the types of relations western powers have with these ‘States’ which are shamefully hypocritical…basic human rights and long-term oil supply don’t mix very well…

I agree with you, the case of the Egyptian Doctor is disgraceful, disgusting, and completely shook me to my core when I first heard about it a while back. Saudi Arabia’s jurisprudence is full of direct violations of human rights and is dense in discrimination. The sad thing is that they claim it is based on Sharia law. I hate, with passion, everything about Saudi law.

At the end of the day though, and this might sound a bit harsh, but I do believe that people have a choice. If one chooses to let go of certain rights for economic gain, and work in Saudi, then one must realize and accept the repercussions. If such incidents are unheard of in Saudi, it is not because they are new, but because the victims have been mummed.

I do not foresee any aggressive intervention against the human rights violations in Saudi, so I say, if you do not want your rights violated, just don’t go to Saudi.

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